Nightrage

Rock star Rick Van Danski had it all: fame, fortune, and a stalker fan…only Rick’s stalker was a century-old vampire named Melinda who wanted him to be her eternal consort. Friends and associates thought Rick was strung out from endless partying, when in fact he was suffering from strange fever dreams of late-night visitations and slow and steady blood loss.
Eventually, Melinda made her move and transformed Rick into one of the undead. To her surprise, her “beloved” did not appreciate the gift she’d given him. He defied and rejected her, and she swore vengeance, although the start of her revenge was to leave him as he was: forever cursed.
Rick considered finishing the job Melinda started and just ending it all, but couldn’t bring himself to do it. He isolated himself for a time, grappling with his unnatural hunger for blood. He could feed off of blood stolen from blood banks or from animals, but the beast within him still craved hot human essence. He channeled his need into nightly excursions where he became the scourge of muggers and rapists in Liberty Park and other dark corners of Freedom City, the “Nightrage.” Unleashing his vampiric powers against the city’s criminals helped Van Danski to keep his urges in check.
He initially rejected Archer's offer to join his new team, not wanting to be around people, but concern over his fading humanity led him to accept. FORCE Ops helps to serve as an anchor for Nightrage, giving him friends and teammates who know his dark secret and understand him. Rick still clashes with Archer from time to time, bristling against his leadership, but he always supports his team when the chips are down.
Rick maintains his music career. He still records and even performs (at night, of course) and his reputation as a mysterious, brooding, sunglasses-wearing recluse has only enhanced his mystique. He devotes some of his personal wealth to maintaining FORCE Ops and sometimes operates solo in Freedom City or elsewhere. His greatest foe remains his maker, Melinda, who controls a cult of vampire worshippers and wants to see Nightrage suffer before she destroys him.